Book hanger



A. M. BROUDY BOOK HANGER May 22, 1934.

Filed Feb. 6, 1933 r Patented May 22, 1934 1 orgies;

1,959,333 BOOK HANGER Albert M. Broudy, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application February 6,

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a book-hanger and while primarily intended for suspending a telephone directory and the like, it will be obvious that the device may be employed for any other purposes wherein it is found to be applicable.

Important objects of the invention are to provide a hanger of the character described, which will properly suspend a book without liability of damaging the latter, which may be readily mounted in a book or removed from the latter,

which is simple in its construction and arrangement, durable and efficient in its use, compact, attractive in appearance, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being un- Z derstood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention hereinafter disclosed can be made within the scope of What is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing wherein like numerals of ref- 2 erence designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View of a book hanger constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a rear view of ,a book having my improved hanger mounted therein.

Figure 3 is a rear View of a modified form of the device.

Referring in detail to the drawing 1 denotes an elongated resilient rod preferably comprising a length of ordinary plated wire. The lower end portion of the rod 1 is formed to provide a com paratively long hook 2.

rearwardly and the free end thereof is formed with an eye 3 in which a rubber button 4 is fixedly secured.

The upper end portion of the rod 1 is formed with an eye 5, in which a suspension ring 6 is linked. The eye 3 formed at the free end of the -hook 2, and the eye 5 formed at the upper end of the rod 1, are preferably disposed parallel relatively to each other in a manner whereby, when the hanger is mounted in position in a book 7, the eye 3 will be disposed flatly against the back 8 of a said book 7, and the eye 5 will be disposed to extend in the direction of the thickness of the book 7.

The eye 5 is preferably disposed at a slight angle with respect to the longitudinal disposition of the rod 1, to position the upper end thereof rearwardly. The suspension ring 6, linked in the The latter is disposed.

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eye 5, extends at right-angles relatively to the latter in the direction of the width of the book 7.

My improved hanger is mounted in position by placing the rod 1 in between the approximate middle pages of the book 7 against the back 8 of the latter. The hook 2 is resiliently engaged by a clamping action around the lower end of the hook back 8, while the eye 5 with the suspension ring 6 projects above the upper end of the latter, as clearly illustrated in Figure 2.

The engagement of the hook 2 around the lower end of the book back 8, in the manner stated, will continuously tend to resiliently force the rod 1 against the inner side of the book back 8.

The provision of the rubber button 4 in the eye 3 prevents the possibility of marring or otherwise damaging any surfaces upon which the book may be positioned whenemployed. If desired, the entire exposed portion of the hook 2 may be enclosed in rubber tubing to prevent injury to contacting surfaces.

In suspending a book with my improved hanger, the ring 6 is merely engaged on any suitable element fixed in a Wall or other structure on which the book is to be suspended. The position of the ring 6, relatively to the book 7, will cause the latter to hang flatly against the structure carrying same, without varying the normal angular flatwise positions of the ring 6 and the associated eye 5.

Owing to. the linked connection of the ring 6 in the angularly disposed eye 5, together with the position of said members at the upper rear corner of the book '7, the latter will obviously normally assume an angular suspended position tending to force and maintain the rod 1 against the inner side of the book back 8.

A flexible member 9, in the form of a plate, card, leaflet or the like, may be hingedly connected to'the rod 1. The member 9 is secured against longitudinal movement on the rod, by enlarging the latter with flat portions 10 at respective ends of said member 9. The member 9 may be employed as a memorandum device or in connection with advertisement features applicable therewith.

The modified form of the device, illustrated in Figure 3, difiers from the preferred form thereof herein before described, only in that the eye 11, of the hook 12, is disposed flatly edgewise with respect to the rod 13, and carries a revoluble rubber roller 14, as a cushioning element, instead of the button 4 as embodied in the disclosure shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The present invention provides a simple and pension ring linked in the eye at the upper end of said rod, substantially as described.

2. In combination, a hanger of the character described, comprising a rod having a suspension element formed at the upper end thereof, the lower end portion of said rod being formed to provide a substantially hook-shaped member, and a cushioning element carried at the free end of said hook-shaped member.

ALBERT M. BROUDY. 

